Events That Happened in 1983

1983 Events

1983 Alice Walker Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author. She has written at length on issues of race and gender, and is most famous for the critically acclaimed novel The Col...
1983 Bad Brains release Rock for Light
Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist...
1983 Bad Religion releases Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983. The album was a major change from their previous style, delving into progressive rock heavy in keyboar...
1983 Chrysler Executive is First Produced
The Chrysler Executive was a car offered by the American automobile producer Chrysler from 1983 through 1986. The Executive was a stretched version of the Chrysler LeBaron aimed at the th...
1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue is First Produced
Fifth Avenue was a name used by Chrysler Corporation on its largest models from 1979 to 1993. The title "Fifth Avenue" refers to a street in New York City, New York in the US. Fifth Av...
1983 Chuck Schuldiner forms his first band Mantas
Schuldiner formed Death as Mantas in 1983 when he was 16 years old. Original members were Schuldiner (guitar), Rick Rozz (guitar) and Kam Lee (drums and vocals).
1983 Dave Mustaine Leaves Metallica
In 1981, Dave Mustaine saw an ad in a newspaper for a band called Metallica. The band needed a guitar player, and he accepted the dutie of it. Mustaine played a major role in the band and...
1983 Elena Kagan Earns a Masters of Philosophy from Oxford University’s Worcester College
At Princeton, Kagan was awarded the Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Scholarship — a top honor — which took her to Great Britain where she eventually earned a M.Phil degree from Worcester College...
1983 Ford Bantam is First Produced
The Ford Bantam is a "bakkie" (pickup truck or "ute") sold by the Ford Motor Company in South Africa. It is based on the Ford Fiesta, and is a South African design as well as being produc...
1983 Ford Orion is First Produced
The Ford Orion is a saloon car built by the automaker Ford for the European market from 22 July 1983 until 19 September 1993. A total of 534,239 Orions were sold throughout the car's 10-y...
1983 Ford Telstar is First Produced
The Ford Telstar was an automobile sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the American Ford Tempo. It has been ...
1983 "Heat And Dust" Is Released
Heat and Dust (1983) is a Merchant Ivory Productions award winning film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based upon her novel, Heat and Dust. It was directed by James Ivory and ...
1983 Madoff Elected to NASD Advisory Council
[Madoff] serves on the council for four years; he also sits on numerous NASD committees and task forces, chairing several. Several sources later tell Trader's Magazine that Madoff acti...
1983 Mercury Grand Marquis is First Produced
The Mercury Grand Marquis is a full-size rear-wheel drive sedan sold by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company. The nameplate has been in use since 1975 and has been a separate ca...
1983 Nissan Z31 is First Produced
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Datsun/Nissan 300ZX. This continued until 1985 when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped the Datsu...
1983 Oprah Winfrey Moves To Chicago
In 1983, Winfrey relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV's low-rated half-hour morning talk-show, AM Chicago. The first episode aired on January 2, 1984. Within months after Winfrey took over...
1983 Red Hot Chili Peppers are formed
Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally Tony Flow and the Majestic Masters of Mayhem) were formed by Fairfax High School alumni Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons and Michael "Flea" Balz...
1983 Rod Blagojevich Begins Work as Clerk for Chicago Alderman Ed Vrdolyak
Immediately after college, Blagojevich, insinuated himself into the upper echelon of Chicago’s Democratic machine. His first job was with city alderman Edward Vrdolyak, who escaped charge...
1983 Social Distortion releases Mommy's Little Monster
Mommy's Little Monster is the first album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released in 1983. The album was critically-acclaimed but was, however, not commercially successful....
1983 Suicide Car Bombing on US Embassy and US Marine Corps
After bin Laden had decided that there was only one main enemy, the West, he was able to bring together the two main groups of Islam to destroy it. The leader of the Iranian-backed group...
1983 The North American Video Game Crash of 1983
The North American video game crash of 1983 (sometimes known as the video game crash of 1984 because it was in that year that the full effects of the crash became apparent to consumers) b...
1983 U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine Corps Bombed
Imad Mugniyah is responsible for the bombing of U.S. Embassy and Marine Corps. This suicide car bombing occurred in Beirut, where over 300 Americans were killed, along with 58 French sold...
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases his self-titled debut album
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released as an LP and on Compact Cas...
1983 Jan Brian May appears on the cover of Guitar Player
1983 Jan U2 releases "New Year's Day" single
"New Year's Day" is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard. It was the band's first UK...
1983 Jan 2 Michael Jackson releases "Billie Jean"
"Billie Jean" is a dance-pop R&B song by late American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones for the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller...
1983 Jan 12 "Danton" Is Released
Danton is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play The Danton Case by S...
1983 Jan 20 Def Leppard release Pyromania
Pyromania is the third studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983. It featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The ...
1983 Jan 30 Super Bowl XVII - Redskins 27, Dolphins 17
Super Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion following the 1982 ...
1983 Feb Frank Zappa appears on the cover of Guitar Player
1983 Feb 8 Boston College defeats Harvard, 5-4
1983 Feb 8 Northeastern defeats Boston University, 4-3
1983 Feb 8 Wayne Gretzky Sets All-Star Game Record with Four Goals in One Period
The 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on February 8, 1983, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, home to the New York Islanders. In the game, E...
1983 Feb 14 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 8-2
With 5:28 remaining in the second period of the 31st Beanpot Tournament's championship game last night in steamy Boston Garden, Boston College's Bill McDonough fielded a little poke pass ...
1983 Feb 14 Boston University defeats Harvard, 5-4
1983 Feb 14 Michael Jackson releases "Beat It"
"Beat It" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written by Jackson and co-produced by Quincy Jones for the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). Jones had w...
1983 Feb 17 "Local Hero" Is Released
Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish film starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. The film is se...
1983 Feb 28 FDA Approves Validus's Bumex
Bumex is indicated for the treatment of edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic and renal disease, including the nephrotic syndrome. Almost equal diuretic response occu...
1983 Feb 28 U2 releases third studio album, "War"
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28). The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because o...
1983 Mar Kelly Johnson appears on the cover of Guitar Player
1983 Mar Ronald Reagan Introduces the Strategic Defense Initiative
In March 1983, Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a defense project that would have used ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by ...
1983 Mar U2 releases "Sunday Bloody Sunday" single
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track and third single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, simple but harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies. On...
1983 Mar 8 Ronald Reagan Calls the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire"
Reagan escalated the Cold War, accelerating a reversal from the policy of détente which began in 1979 following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Reagan ordered a massive buildup of the...
1983 Mar 21 Pink Floyd releases The Final Cut
The Final Cut is a concept album written by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd and recorded at studios around the United Kingdom from July to December 1982. The album was released in t...
1983 Mar 25 Michael Jackson popularizes the moonwalk
The moonwalk or backslide is a dance technique that presents the illusion that the dancer is stepping forward while actually moving backward, giving the appearance of a person moving alon...
1983 Mar 25 "The Outsiders" is released
The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The movie was released in March 1983. Jo El...
1983 Mar 28 "Baby Snakes" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Baby Snakes is a movie which includes footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City's Palladium Theater, backstage antics from the crew, and stop motion clay animatio...
1983 Mar 28 "The Man from Utopia" by Frank Zappa Is Released
The Man from Utopia is a 1983 album by Frank Zappa. It is a more song-driven, and less conceptual work than many others in Zappa's oeuvre. The album is named after a 1950s song, written b...
1983 Apr Keith Richards appears on the cover of Guitar Player
1983 Apr 4 NC State Beats Houston in Final Four
The 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 52 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....